Seam-pressing machine.



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143418,?9@ Patented Dec. 31, 1912! Milam m (/ZafZon ,UNITED STA'IESPATENT- OFFICE..

JOSEPH BERNARD AND WILLIAM S.

CLAYTON, or VANCOUVER., 'me "Isn, COLUMBIA,

CANADA SEAM-PRESSING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Dec, 31, 1912.

Application4 tiled August 23, .1912. Serial No. 716,604.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, JOSEPH BERNARD and lViLLiAM S. CLAYTON, a subject of the Einperor of Germany' and a citizen of-the Dominion of Canada, respectively, residing at Vancouver, ingthe Province of British Columbia,Canada, have invented a new and useful Seam-PressingMaehine, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to a seam pressing device which has been designed to fold over 'and press down the-edges of the seams in clothing and the like, This work is commonly performed -by hand with'a heavy pressing iron but is not an operation that calls for any particular manipulative Skill, and with proper'provision can be more rapidly and satisfaetorilj/"done by a machine. Although separate as a' mechanism, v the machine may, if so desired, be connected to and be operative with the sewing machine by which the seam is run. i

The invention comprises a meansl for conveying the materialv under the pressing iron and in combination with the pressing iron a down folding and guiding attachment that' will direct the seam evenly under the iron. The supporting means'must be such as will allow closed seams, like the arms of coats and the legs of trousers to pass.

The. invention is particularly described in the following specification, reference being extreme other end respectively of fi suitable` overl'ianging traine. This frame '.5 is shown in the drawing as extending upward from the tloo'r .level to a convenient Aheight for the operator and bending with :in easy curve to thehorinonial, but may, .where the ciri'zuinstanees lare favorable, lic bracketed from a wall or extend along a bench. This frame may be made up of two side plates maintained the required distance apart 'uy of the shouldered spindles 7, on which run carrying rollers 8 to support the ban'd above the depth of the frame on the upper sideand within its depth on the underor returnside.- This 1s desirable` as enabling av garment; having a -60 closed seam to pass freely along the supporting frame. Adjacent to the 'placeof' application of the pressing iron10'the carrying rollers 8 give place to a block ofivvood 9 secured between the side platesof the firameg which block sustains the band \2\-under the pressure of theiron.

The pressing iron 10 is nii-,he usual and weight and may be heated in any; ap-

proved manner, either by electric v.current or by gas orgasolene Haine. It is/'r'nounted jloosely On a handle lever 12 which isipiv'ot'ed at 13 s'o that the iron may belifted clear by means of the handle whichprojects beyond the iron to thefront of the'inachine. In the 75 drawing the lever 12 is shown as carried on an independent column 14 from the floory level and the pivot jointof the lever has a. stop 11 that will sustain the lever, when out of use, in a convenient.=positionforfthe'80 operator. v

Secured to the front.' end of-l'the i'onvlOl and projecting forwardv froml it in-contir'iuation of its iniddle line is a presserdiat. '15.

Thisis a-thin, flat bar havingl a downwardly 85. projecting mid-rib or seam-- g'uide' 16, seen.. Fig. 6. At its extreme end vthis in'embe'r'1`5`i`f. i

is upwardly turned and narrowed 'to a, blunt. point, the longitudinal guiding rib 16' pro-- jectin'g beyond the end, as at.l7. This` up wardlyturned end and projecting, tin 17 ai" designed to divide the seam .and-foldthej ,I edges down, 0n@ 0nA cach side under the" presser bar 15.

To guide the seam vertically to the divid- .96vv ingr linl 17, a member 2O is secured tothe` 55 presserl bar 15 just within theupwardly turned end, and extends for a short distance beyond it., said membery being apeitiired, as

at 2l., toen'nble the upwardly turned end of 100 the seam presser guide to pass through it and'is divided incdiall/yA from. the aperture, providing an open slit22 through Which the united edges of the Aseam may pass that they may be presented to the dividing fin l? in proper alineinentto be divided by that in. The edges and end of this slit 22 are flanged upward, as at 23,:sce Figs. 3, ltand 5.

lln use a garment, after' having had its seams sewn, is placed upon the free overhanging end ofthe frame 5 and the upstandf ing edges of the seamare together inserted into the slit 22 of the member 20. The. conveyer band Q'draws the Work under the presser bar 15 and the dividing fin 17' andv upwardly turned end of bar 15 open the edges of the seam and fold them over, one on each side. As the cloth passes under' the presser bar 15 its mid-rib 16 rectifies the seam so that it will pass fairly and evenly under the pressin iron 10.

Means' may' be 'urnished as shown in Fig. 7, by which the edges of the seam may be dampened with Water as it passes tothe pressing iron. By reference to Fig. 7; it will be noted that a suitable Water reservoir 20V may be provided to deliver water through its spout 20 and hole S/OZ to the seam.

If the garment is an openv one, it may pass.-

direot onto a table adjacent after each seam has been pressed but, if closed, the frame 5 is of sufficient length from, its support to provide accommodation for a number'. of them to collect against a shelf l-before'it is necessary to stop the machine' to remove them.

lhernaehine may be made 'for lightninterial, such as silk, or for the heaviestcharactor of cloth seamed in this manner and the iron with its att-ached presser bar, ete., should be easily removabletor the substitution of one of dierent weight, 'when required.

Having now particularly described .our

' invention, we hereby declare that'what Wev claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

l. ik seampressing machine,'oo.mprising in combination, a presser block, a Ypressing iron sustained in position over the block, a seam opening, folding and guiding device, secured to the front. end of the iron and extending forward from it, and'means for passing ythe cloth with the seam to be pressed under the pressing iron.

9J. A seam pressing machine, comprising i-,ofizim'efiI in eombinatiom an endless band traveling v over a presser block, a pressing viron sustained in position over the block and having seam opening, down-folding and guidingde- Vices connected to its frontend.

'3. A seam pressing machine. comprising..

in combination, an endless hand traveling over a presser block7 a pressing iron sustained in position over the block and having A seam opening` folding and guiding devices connected to its front end1 and means'for mechanicaily lifting the. pressing iron and its attachments off the presser block.

4. A seam pressing machine, lcomprising in combination, a presser block, a. supporting .-frame in which such presser block is ,care

Tied, an endless @envoyer aand passing over the' presser block and outside of the supporting frame .on the upper side and Withinl the contour of that frame on theunders'ide, a seam pressing iron Carried on a lever pivotally mounted at the approximate level of t'he front of the rect-.ing the Closed edges of the sea-rn' me.

-the presser block, said lever having a handle'. l

dially to the forwardly projecting end of the niid-ril1 ln testimony whereof have signed our names to this speoieation in. the presence of the twosnbscribin'g Witnesses.

JOSEPH BERNARD. WILLABI S. LAYTGN., Witnesses: l

RowLAND BRrrrAIN,

R. J. SPINK. 

